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Championship Week and March Madness are nearly here. Beginning with the ASUN on Feb. 27 and ending with the Ivy, A-10, SEC, American and Big Ten right up until the bracket is revealed on Selection Sunday (March 12), teams across Division I men's college basketball will be competing for the chance to cut down the nets in the conference championship -- and, along with it, one of the 32 automatic bids to the 2023 NCAA tournament. Which team from each Division I men's college basketball league is guaranteed a chance to go dancing in March? Bookmark this page, because this is where we'll be tracking the winners, live, as they punch their tickets. Everything you need to know about the 2023 tournament:
Bubble Watch | Bracketology | NCAA tournament schedule  NEC: Fairleigh Dickinson Knights Record: 19-14
Title-clincher: 70-50 over St. Francis (PA)*
Leading scorer: Demetre Roberts (16.7 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 7th appearance (first since 2019) *Qualified in semifinal because Merrimack is ineligible  Ohio Valley: Southeast Missouri State Redhawks Record: 19-16
Title-clincher: 89-82 (OT) over Tennessee Tech
Leading scorer: Phillip Russell (18.1 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 2nd appearance (first since 2000)  Big South: UNC Asheville Bulldogs Record: 27-7
Title-clincher: 77-73 over Campbell
Leading scorer: Drew Pember (20.9 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 5th appearance (first since 2016)  Missouri Valley: Drake Bulldogs Record: 27-7
Title-clincher: 77-51 over Bradley
Leading scorer: Tucker DeVries (18.9 PPG)
NCAA tournament history 6th appearance (second in three seasons; first since 2021)  ASUN: Kennesaw State Owls Record: 26-8
Title-clincher: 67-66 over Liberty
Leading scorer: Chris Youngblood (14.6 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 1st appearance in program's Division I era  Sun Belt: Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Record: 26-7
Title-clincher: 71-66 over South Alabama
Leading scorer: Jordan Brown (19.6 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 11th appearance (first since 2014)  Southern: Furman Paladins Record: 27-7
Title-clincher: 88-69 over Chattanooga
Leading scorer: Mike Bothwell (18.0 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 7th appearance (first since 1980)  Horizon League: Northern Kentucky Norse Record: 22-12
Title-clincher: 63-61 over Cleveland State
Leading scorer: Marques Warrick (19.2 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 3rd appearance (first since 2019)  CAA: Charleston Cougars Record: 31-3
Title-clincher: 63-58 over UNC Wilmington
Leading scorer: Dalton Bolon (12.7 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 6th appearance (first since 2018)  West Coast: Gonzaga Bulldogs Record: 28-5
Title-clincher: 77-51 over Saint Mary's
Leading scorer: Drew Timme (21.0 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 24th consecutive appearance  Summit League: Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Record: 30-4
Title-clincher: 92-58 over North Dakota State
Leading scorer: Max Abmas (22.0 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 7th appearance (second in last three seasons)  Southland: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders Record: 23-10
Title-clincher: 75-71 over Northwestern State
Leading scorer: Trevian Tennyson (15.8 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 3rd appearance (second consecutive)  Patriot League: Colgate Raiders Record: 26-8
Title-clincher: 79-61 over Lafayette
Leading scorer: Tucker Richardson (13.9 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 6th appearance (third straight, fourth in five seasons)  Big Sky: Montana State Bobcats Record: 25-9
Title-clincher: 85-78 over Northern Arizona
Leading scorer: RaeQuan Battle (17.2 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 4th appearance (Back-to-back for the 1st time in school history)  America East: Vermont Catamounts Record: 23-10
Title-clincher: 72-59 over UMass Lowell
Leading scorer: Dylan Penn (13.2 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 9th appearance (fourth in the last six seasons)  MEAC: Howard Bison Record: 21-12
Title-clincher: 65-64 over Norfolk State
Leading scorer: Elijah Hawkins (13.1 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 3rd appearance (first since 1992)  SWAC: Texas Southern Tigers Record: 14-20
Title-clincher: 61-58 over Grambling
Leading scorer: Davon Barnes (13.6 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 11th appearance (third straight)  Big 12: Texas Longhorns Record: 26-8
Title-clincher: 76-56 over Kansas
Leading scorer: Marcus Carr (15.9 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 37th appearance (2nd Big 12 tournament championship win in program history)  Mountain West: San Diego State Aztecs Record: 27-6
Title-clincher: 62-57 over Utah State
Leading scorer: Matt Bradley (12.8 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 15th appearance (third consecutive)  Big East: Marquette Golden Eagles Record: 28-6
Title-clincher: 65-51 over Xavier
Leading scorer: Kam Jones (15.1 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 35th appearance (first Big East tournament championship win)  MAC: Kent State Golden Flashes Record: 28-6
Title-clincher: 93-78 over Toledo
Leading scorer: Sincere Carry (17.3 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 7th appearance (first since 2017)  MAAC: Iona Gaels Record: 27-7
Title-clincher: 76-55 over Marist
Leading scorer: Walter Clayton Jr. (16.9 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 16th appearance (sixth in last seven seasons)  C-USA: Florida Atlantic Owls Record: 31-3
Title-clincher: 78-56 over UAB
Leading scorer: Johnell Davis (13.4 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 2nd appearance (first since 2002)  ACC: Duke Blue Devils Record: 26-8
Title-clincher: 59-49 over Virginia
Leading scorer: Kyle Filipowski (15.3 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 45th appearance (last appeared in 2022 Final Four)  Big West: UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Record: 27-7
Title-clincher: 72-62 over CSU Fullerton
Leading scorer: Ajay Mitchell (16.3 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 7th appearance (first since 2021)  Pac-12: Arizona Wildcats Record: 28-6
Title-clincher: 61-59 over UCLA
Leading scorer: Azuolas Tubelis (19.8 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 35th appearance (won in 1996)  WAC: Grand Canyon Lopes Record: 24-11
Title-clincher: 84-66 over Southern Utah
Leading scorer: Rayshon Harrison (17.3 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 2nd appearance (first since 2021)  Ivy League: Princeton Tigers Record: 21-8
Title-clincher: 74-65 over Yale
Leading scorer: Tosan Evbuomwan (14.8 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 26th appearance (first since 2017)  Atlantic 10: VCU Rams Record: 26-7
Title-clincher: 68-56 over Dayton
Leading scorer: Adrian Baldwin Jr. (12.6 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 19th appearance (first since 2019)  SEC: Alabama Crimson Tide Record: 29-5
Title-clincher: 82-63 over Texas A&M
Leading scorer: Brandon Miller (19.5 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 23rd appearance (third straight)  American: Memphis Tigers Record: 26-8
Title-clincher: 75-65 over Houston
Leading scorer: Kendric Davis (21.8 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 28th appearance (second straight)  Big Ten: Purdue Boilermakers Record: 29-5
Title-clincher: 67-65 over Penn State
Leading scorer: Zach Edey (22.1 PPG)
NCAA tournament history: 34th appearance (eighth straight)
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